The Form of Cities: Political Economy and Urban Design

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

1. Theory.

Introduction: The Problem.

Urban Design: Definitions.

Urban Design: ‘Theory’.

Spatial Political Economy and Urban Design.

2. History.

Introduction: What is History?.

History and Urban Design.

Chronologies.

Typologies.

Utopias.

Fragments.

Materialist Theory Overview.

3. Philosophy.

Introduction: Implications from Philosophy.

Philosophy and Urbanism Paradigms.

Philosophy and Urban Design 4. Politics.

Introduction: Politics and Ideology.

Power: Rights and Laws Law as Ideology.

Politics and Urban Planning.

The Public Realm.

5. Culture.

Introduction: Culture and Urban Design.

The Culture of Modernism.

Postmodern Culture.

Globalisation, Culture, Economy.

Authenticity and Symbolic Representation.

The New Ruralism/Urbanism.

6. Gender.

Introduction: Gender the Missing Component.

Gender and Society Gender and Patriarchy.

Gender and Capital.

Gender and Space.

Gender and Urban Design.

7. Environment.

Introduction: Nature and the City.

Origins and Development.

People-Nature.

Sustainability and Development.

Sustainable Cities.

Sustainable Urban Design.

8. Aesthetics.

Introduction: Aesthetics – Objects and Experience.

The Aesthetics of Urban Form.

Mathematics and the Divine Order.

Contextualism.

Rationalism.

Symbolic Capital.

Regulation.

Theming.

9. Typologies.

Introduction: Taxonomy, Typology, Morphology, System.

Typologies Derived from Associated Disciplines.

Typologies Derived from Traditional Urban Design Perspectives.

Implications from Spatial Political Economy.

10. Pragmatics.

Introduction: Cultural Capital.

Professional Intervention.

Professions and Knowledge Systems.

Professions and Space.

Urban Design Education Postscript.

References.

Index